Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
DAILY HERALD.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Marital Troubles Causes a Man
TO Take Strychnine.

to Take Strychnine.
About ten minutes past 4 o'clock
Yesterday morning one of the callbells
at the Nadeau House rang loud and
long and Watchman Lloyd hurriedly
answered the summons. When he
reached the room from which the call
had been given he found its occupant,
E. j. Flintzer, lying on the floor writh-
ing in pain as if suffering from cramps.
As soon as Mr.. Lloyd entered the
room the man exclaimed, "Send for
a DOCTOR" and in response to inquiries
he said he had poisoned himself with
strychnine. MIR. Lloyd fastened to
room No. 35 and awoke physician, to
whom he explained the cause of the
call, and who, without dressing, has
tened to the side of the apparently dy-
ing man and gave him an antidote Tor
the poison. Seeing that the case was
very serious DIR. Robbins was also called
and by means of emetics and other
remedies the would-be suicide was
finally decided to be on a fair way to
recovery. Mr.. Lloyd questioned him
as to the reason for the attempt to die,
and in answer Flintzer told him he
had written letters which were in his
coat pocket which would explain
everything. One of those letters was
addressed to the Coroner, and it stated
that no one was to blame except him
self. He asked the Coroner to see
that his body was not cut open, for he
did not want to go to his grave in that
condition. He wanted to be buried
under the green leaves, and in order
prevent the autopsy told the kind OF
poison he had taken. The other let
ter, which was to his wife, referred to
some trouble which had occurred be-
tween them.
AS soon as it was found that he had
taken poison, and at the same time
DR.. Robbins was called, WORD was
sent to his wife, the address
of whom had been ascertained
from the hotel register. Flintzer
had engaged a room at the hotel, and
in registering had written his name
and then his address, No. 4131a South
Spring street, where he had been
living for about a month.
Mrs. Flintzer arrived at the hotel at
about 5 O'Clock in the morning, and
from that time until about 7 O'Clock
the circulation of the patient was
kept up by the treatment usual in
such cases. Prior to this, however,
he had exhibited the usual signs of
strychnine poisoning, the spasms of
which affected his hands and muscles
peculiarly.
From statements made by parties
and relatives it was ascertained that
Mr.. and Mrs. Flintzer have not lived
happily together for some time. He
is German and she is English, and
while he is robust she is in rather del
icate health. He did not seem to
consider her health, and his ideas of
conjugal felicity were entirely differ
ent from hers, in consequence
of which he had arisen num-
Der of times after retiring
and spent the balance of the
night away from home. Saturday
night he arose and left the house
angry at her. In the heat of his pas
sion he determined to commit suicide
and although not in very atiluent cir
cumstances, he went to the Nadeau
and engaged room. After he had
been siezed with the spasms his
groans awoke two young men in an
adjoining room and they supposed he
was merely drunk. After their de-
parture he became alarmed and rang
the call bell. Last night he was rest
ing easily and was out of danger, al
though it will be some time before he
has entirely recovered.